Local government and Combined Authority Mayoral elections - 2 May 2024

Local government and South Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral elections were held on Thursday 2 May 2024.

Results of the local government elections

  • Total eligible electorate for Barnsley: 186,249
  • Total votes cast: 44,967
  • Turnout: 24.14%
  • Total postal votes: 24,129 (53.60%)

  • The number of polling station electors who applied for, but weren't issued with a ballot paper: 28
  • The number of polling station electors who weren't issued with a ballot paper and who later returned with accepted ID and were issued with a ballot paper: 49

The political make up of the council is now:

  • Labour Party: 48
  • Liberal Democrats:11
  • Conservative Party: 1
  • Independent: 2
  • Reform UK: 1

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Council seats prior to this election

The political composition of the council prior to the 2 May 2024 election was:

  • Labour Party: 47
  • Liberal Democrats: 9
  • The Conservative Party: 2
  • Independent: 2
  • Reform UK: 1
  • Vacant: 2

Parties that held the seats up for election in 2024 were:

  • Labour: 16
  • Liberal Democrat: 2
  • Conservative: 1
  • Vacant: 2

Notice of election and notices of poll

Notice of election

Notices of poll

Polling stations

Central ward 

  • Number of registered electors: 8825
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1763
  • Turnout: 19.98%
  • Spoilt ballots:25
Name Party Votes
Catherine Teresa Rogerson Liberal Democrats 185
Christopher Michael Scarfe Green Party 291
Nicola Sumner Labour Party 1012 - ELECTED
Adrian Thompson The Conservative Party Candidate 250

Cudworth ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8531
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1598
  • Turnout: 18.73%
  • Spoilt ballots: 20
Name Party Votes
Mark J Brook The Conservative Party
Candidate		 184
Steve Houghton Labour Party  1150 - RE-ELECTED
Kabir Nepal Green Party  106
Elizabeth Kate Waters Liberal Democrats 138

Darfield ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8040
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1889
  • Turnout: 23.47%
  • Spoilt ballots: 15
Name Party Votes
Simon Richard Hulme Liberal Democrats 127
Scott Andrew McKenzie Reform UK 564
Kevin John Howard Osborne Labour Party  1012 - RE-ELECTED
Ian White The Conservative Party Candidate 171

Darton East ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8874
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2569
  • Turnout: 28.95%
  • Spoilt ballots: 10
Name Party Votes
Aiden Ian Benoit Reform UK 258
Simon Biltcliffe Yorkshire Party  58
Gillian Ruth Millner The Conservative Party Candidate 96
Leyla Nayeri Liberal Democrats 1196 - ELECTED
Teresa Ann Wilcockson Labour Party  951

Darton West ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8898
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2389
  • Turnout: 26.86%
  • Spoilt ballots: 8
Name Party Votes
Kevin Bennett Liberal Democrats 203
Alice Cave Labour Party  1074 - RE-ELECTED
Bee D'abeille Lokkit The Conservative Party Candidate 200
Trevor Anthony Mayne Green Party  495
Shaun Kenneth Turner Reform UK 409

Dearne North ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8752
  • Total number of ballot papers received:1483
  • Turnout: 16.94%
  • Spoilt ballots: 12
Name Party Votes
Wendy Ann Cain  Labour Party  1025 - RE-ELECTED
Brian John Evans Liberal Democrats 94
Maxine Spencer English Democrats - "Putting England First!" 214
Mike Toon  The Conservative Party Candidate 138

Dearne South ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9302
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1777
  • Turnout: 19.1%
  • Spoilt ballots: 14
Name Party Votes
Linda Fielding Liberal Democrats 77
David Alan Jarvis Social Democratic Party 396
Deborah Jane Pearson Labour Party  1060 - ELECTED
Janus Polenceusz English Democrats - "Putting England First!" 99
Elaine Weems The Conservative Party Candidate 131

Dodworth ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8373
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2611
  • Turnout: 31.18%
  • Spoilt ballots: 26
Name Party Votes
Steven John Burkinshaw The Conservative Party Candidate 361
Ian Hague-Brown  Labour Party  896
Chris Wray  Liberal Democrats 1328 - RE-ELECTED

Hoyland Milton ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9247
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2373
  • Turnout: 25.66%
  • Spoilt ballots: 7
Name Party Votes
Michael James Davies Reform UK 697
Tom Heyes Green Party 162
Glenn Lawrence Liberal Democrats 175
Andrew Millner The Conservative Party Candidate 191
Mick Stowe Labour Party  1092 - RE-ELECTED
Angela Ruth Waller Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 49

Kingstone ward

  • Number of registered electors: 7877
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1770
  • Turnout: 22.47%
  • Spoilt ballots: 8
Name Party Votes
Steve Bullcock Liberal Democrats 791 - ELECTED
Peter Gordon Giles Green Party  114
Liam James Hardcastle Reform UK 169
Roger Haw The Conservative Party Candidate 69
Tracey-Ann Holland Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 28
Simon John Jordan Williamson Labour Party  591

Monk Bretton ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9001
  • Total number of ballot papers received:2038
  • Turnout: 22.63%
  • Spoilt ballots: 15
Name Party Votes
Steven Green  Labour Party  1032 - RE-ELECTED
Susan Mary Rose Liberal Democrats 75
Rachel Jane Stewart Independent 784
Alex Wilkinson The Conservative Party Candidate 132

North East ward

  • Number of registered electors: 10372
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2026
  • Turnout: 19.53%
  • Spoilt ballots: 12
Name Party Votes
Raymond Archer Independent 443
Samantha Bullock Liberal Democrats 107
Dorothy Coates Labour Party  1085 - ELECTED
Tony Devoy Yorkshire Party  214
Samuel Wilkinson The Conservative Party Candidate 165

Old Town ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8618
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2001
  • Turnout: 23.21%
  • Spoilt ballots: 19
Name Party Votes
Steve Dangerfield Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 106
Phil Lofts Labour Party  1130 - RE-ELECTED
Gillian Margaret Nixon  Green Party  258
Patrick Dimelow Smith Liberal Democrats 196
Clive Watkinson The Conservative Party Candidate 292

Penistone East ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9713
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 3681
  • Turnout: 37.89%
  • Spoilt ballots: 40
Name Party Votes
Peter Millar The Conservative Party Candidate 1377
Kate Helen Raynor Green Party  346
John Roberts Labour Party  1533 - ELECTED
Andy Waters Liberal Democrats 385

Penistone West ward

  • Number of registered electors: 10096
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 3626
  • Turnout: 35.9%
  • Spoilt ballots: 12 
Name Party Votes
Roy Garratt The Conservative Party Candidate 447
Mandy Lowe Flello Liberal Democrats 1414 - RE-ELECTED
Frances Nixon  Labour and Co-operative Party
(Joint Description with Co-operative Party)		 1061
Richard Thomas James Trotman Green Party  263
David Wood  Reform UK 429

Rockingham ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8494
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2462
  • Turnout: 28.99%
  • Spoilt ballots: 18
Name Party Votes
Sherry Holling Labour Party  884 - ELECTED
Jaz Holt Independent 731
Robert Lomas Reform UK  457
Sue Waters Liberal Democrats 128
Phil Weems The Conservative Party Candidate 244

Royston ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8771
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1858
  • Turnout: 21.18%
  • Spoilt ballots: 11
Name Party Votes
Jennifer Louise Barker Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 51
Michael Barraclough  The Conservative Party Candidate 187
Neil Fisher Independent 440
Jonathan Hood Liberal Democrats  87
Caroline Makinson Labour Party  1082 - RE-ELECTED 

St Helen's ward

  • Number of registered electors: 8051
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1359
  • Turnout: 16.88%
  • Spoilt ballots: 24
Name Party Votes
Matthew Rigden Nicholson  Liberal Democrats 191
Lee Ogden  The Conservative Party Candidate 140
Sarah Jane Tattersall  Labour Party  1004 - RE-ELECTED

Stairfoot ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9080
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1888
  • Turnout: 20.79%
  • Spoilt ballots: 16
Name Party Votes
Karen Dyson  Labour Party  955 - RE-ELECTED
Mark Kevan Hitchmough The Conservative Party Candidate 188
James Robert Kitching Liberal Democrats 211
Luca Lorenzo Turner Reform UK 518

Wombwell ward

  • Number of registered electors: 9958
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 2095
  • Turnout: 21.04%
  • Spoilt ballots: 9
Name Party Votes
Robert Welton Green  Liberal Democrats 89
James Lewis Higginbottom Labour Party  1370 - RE-ELECTED
Simon Glen Moore Reform UK  317
Jessica Claire Roebuck  Green Party  149
Debbie Toon  The Conservative Party Candidate 161

Worsbrough ward

  • Number of registered electors: 7376
  • Total number of ballot papers received: 1718
  • Turnout: 23.29%
  • Spoilt ballots: 11
Name Party Votes
Roy Bowser Labour Party  996 - RE-ELECTED
Sarah Calvert Liberal Democrats 223
Jamie Thomas Owen Reform UK  338
Charlotte Wilkinson The Conservative Party Candidate 150

Barnsley's results of the South Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral elections 

  • Total number of ballot papers received: 44,555
  • Turnout: 23.9%
  • Spoilt ballots: 590
Name Party Votes
Nick Allen  Conservatives 5708
David Bettney Social Democratic Party  4899
Oliver Coppard Labour  21,896
Douglas Johnson  Green Party  3504
Hannah Kitching Liberal Democrats 7958

Please note this is only the local result for the borough. The overall outcome will be shown on the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority website.